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I did something that I should probably do more last night, I read the AFL Laws 2022 document. The definition of legal tackle is: a tackle by a Player where: (a) the Player being tackled is in possession of the football; and (b) that Player is tackled below the shoulders and above the knees I then tried to find the section on dangerous or sling tackles, the closest to this I could find was prohibited contact: a) executes a tackle that is not legal (refer to the definition of Legal Tackle); (b) pushes or bumps an opposition Player in the back; (c) makes high contact to an opposition Player (including the top of the shoulders) with any part of their body; (d) holds an opposition Player who is not in possession of the football; (e) executes an illegal Shepherd; (f) Charges an opposition Player; (g) trips or attempts to trip an opposition Player, whether by hand, arm, foot or leg; If I'm missing something and someone can point it out that would be great, but I can't see anything regarding a player tackled needing to have his feet planted on the ground for it to be a legal tackle.

It is not too much to ask at all Pates. I was literally the only one out of my Melbourne friends who got down to Marvel on Saturday. Was actually kind of shocked when I realised in the group messenger chat with them that they were all saddling up for an arvo/evening of viewing on Kayo... like it was an interstate match. I know a lot of people have home memberships (myself included, bought a ticket this week) but I just don't get that some people wouldn't want to see this great team play in Melbourne whenever they can. Get on down this week, it's probably going to be the best build up to a Melb v Freo game on this ground.

You have to admit though the AFL has given us fans a lot of reasons to talk about umpiring this year. And mainly in the form of conversations around trying to understand what it is they are trying to do. I am exactly the same as you Nev where I hate talking about umpiring but even I'm being tested now. We have gone to an extreme where these things can't be ignored. There's never been more free kicks in a game whether I'm at the ground or watching on TV where I have no idea what is going on. 50s are being handed out like candy, it's almost part and parcel to pay a free and an accompanying 50 now. There shouldn't be any times in a game where you have no idea what a free kick is for, whether you agree with the decision or not, maybe once in a blue moon this can happen but it is happening at least 10 times a game right now. I don't want to complain about the state of umpiring but I certainly want to understand it better and see if we can figure out ways to make the job easier. Because otherwise it is becoming a hard sport to watch.

Well that burns a little 🙁 you have to hand it to City though, they are just an amazing and impressive team. If you're going to win it like that then you can really only tip your hat. We have a great side, definitely the best side in my time supporting Liverpool. Any other era or league in Europe they probably win this title but when you're going up against one of the very best teams ever that's just how it is. I do wonder though what would have happened had Liverpool taken the lead while City were 2-0 down, could the heads have dropped for City once the news had passed around the Etihad? We'll never know.

He's great when the confidence is up and for some reason when the game is on the line but routine shots trouble him

6. Mr Claztastic Clayton Oliver 5. Christian Petracca 4. Jake Lever 3. Tom Sparrow 2. Tom McDonald 1. Kozzie Pickett

Narrm 1 win no losses

Got the win

Kick it Bowser

Bucketed it

One more for the pass mark

Would actually be happy if we get a 50 + point win

Over umpired game

Lever again

Do a goal

Terrible ball drop

We're not playing tiddlywinks

Good game Rick Lever

Good chaos football Narrm!

That quarter it was definitely the case, lots of holds.

Foot on accelerator, get us home

Well, Melks was worth it just for that

How many marks in 50 have we conceded today?

Need a couple of bloopies like that.

Come on Narrm just work through this